Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 4,089, William Goff, N.C.

SERVICE
NUMBER
N.C.
Goff, William
R. 4,089
Roll in N.C.
CONTENTS

26.489
Declaration of William Goff Sen 2 Jackson County Mississippi

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress 7th June 1832 State of Mississippi County of Jackson
On this tenth day of March 1834, personally appeared before the Judges of the probate court now sitting in open court William Goffsen a resident of the United States in the County of Jackson and State of Mississippi aged seventy three years, who being first duty sworn accor- -ding to law, doth on his oath make the following declarations, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June the 7th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers and served as herein stated. in the revolu- tionary war between the United States, and England.
1 st with Capt Lanier under Gen l Butler and Col Johnston he entered the service in the year of 1778, Served five months as a volunteer was in the battle at Stone and served with Col Lightle and Major Eaton Continental officers in South Carolina that he resided in the County of Duplin North Carolina —
2 nd Four as a Lieutenant in Captain Rutledge's horse company and marched through North and South Carolinas and joined Gen l Mason's company at different times, six months Four 3 rd Four in Capt Vans company under General Keenan three months Four.
4 th Four as a Lieut in Capt Keenan's horse company under Gen l Keenan three months Four —
5 th Four under Capt Rutledge's horse company in which Captain Rutledge was killed by the British near Wilmington North Carolina three months Four. —
6 th Four Lieut in Capt Merritt's company of Cavalry three months
7 th Four in Capt Kingman's horse company three months Four 8 th Four served as a beef drawer for the army four months Four by the order of the General.

I Samuel Davis Clerk of the Probate Court of Jackson County State of Mississippi do hereby certify that the forgoing is contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of William Goffrent for a pension and I do hereby certify that John Fairley is a Judge of Probate in and for the county of Jackson and the signature annexed is his genuine Signature.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this tenth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty four.
Samuel Davis C.L.S.C. J. Goffrent

The Court propounded the the following interrogatories to which the answers were given as they stand by William Goff sen d claimant for a pension
1 Where were and in what year were you Born (Dublin County N o Carolina in the year A D 1761)
2 have you any Record of your age and if so where is it (None lost by Fire)
3 Where were you living when called into service where have you lived since the revolutionary war and Where do you now live (Dublin County N o Carolina S o Georgia & Mississippi)
4 How were you called into service were you drafted did you volunteer or were you a substitute (Volunteered)
5 th State the names of some of the regular Officers (Col Little, Maj t Eaton Continental & Gen d Reunan and others) Volunteers Officers
6 Did you ever receive a commission by whom was it assigned and what has become of it (I rec d a Com d signed by Gen d Reunan and lost it by fire)
7 th State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood and who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier of the revolution Thomas Hunt Clergyman and Matthew Carter Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid William his Goff Sen d
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the after the qualification of the matter & after filing the interrogatories & answers the war department above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served
as the States and the Court further certify that it appears to them that Thomas Hunt who has signed the foregoing certificate is a clergyman, resident in the County of Jackson State of Mississippi and that Matthew Carter who has also signed the same is a resident in the County of Jackson State of Mississippi and is a credible person, and that this statement is entitled to credit
John Frawley Judge of Probate

9th Sower in Col Bloodworth's Company two months Sower in which time he served thirty two months five months months a volunteer foot man and twenty seven months as a Lieut horse man his commission assigned by General Keenan was burned in a house and that it is not in his power to make any better testimony than what is here set forth. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a claim to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension roll of any agency in any state.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
And
William his Goff sen
The said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as heretofore
John Fairley Judge of Probate of the County of Jackson and Probate Court State of Mississippi John Fairley
I Samuel Davis Clerk of the Probate Court do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of William Goff sen r for a pension In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 10th day of March. A.D. 1834
Samuel Davis Clerk
We Thomas C Hunt Cleggman residing County of Jackson and Matthew Cartar residing in the same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Goff sen r who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy three years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a revolutionary soldier and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Thos C Hunt Cleggman Matthew Cartar

26. 689
William Goff and Mississippi
Retarded Special Agent
✓ Jackson C. H. Mississippi Sep 18. 1874
John M. Cutcher Washington City
This testimony evidence is indispensable in all cases. If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must prove the fact. The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
9 th September 1893
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjunctive notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, showing the Service of William Goff Sneed
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Vol 1778 5 priv Capt. Bullock 77 years Traditionary   6 Lieut Capt. Johnson 77 years   Caralry Gen Marion 77 years   Capt. Rutledge 77 years   1779 3 priv Capt. Bullock 77 years   3 Lieut Capt. Johnson 77 years   3 Gen Marion 77 years   3 Capt. Rutledge 77 years  

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should attend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposes and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot state positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for each service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the time, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must fix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[1] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may authenticate the affidavits must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[2] The notes from [a] to [d] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in case [1] applies to Continental troops only.
[3] This traditional evidence is indispensable in all cases.
[4] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[5] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

Wm. Goff, sen. Mihipipi act 7 June 1832
4689

Territory of Florida
County of Leon
On the 29 day of November A.D. 1837
personally appeared in open Court before the Honorable Thomas Randall Judge of the Superior Court in and for the Middle District and Territory aforesaid the said Court now sitting William Goff — a resident of the County of Leon Territory aforesaid aged Seventy six — years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th A.D. 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers and served as herein stated. That he first entered as a Volunteer under Captain Lawrence of North Carolina who marched him to Fayetteville in said State then they were met by General Butler who marched them to Augusta in the State of Georgia . Here they met with General Green who marched them to Stono Point in the State of South Carolina at which place they had a battle with the British . After this battle he amongst others was discharged by General Green and returned to North Carolina having been in the service five months and about fifteen days . Deponent says that after this he entered the service of the United States as a Volunteer in a company of Light horsemen commanded by Capt William Rutledge of Duplin County, North Carolina , and under his command marched into South Carolina and there joined General Francis Marion , under whom he served in various scouts and was engaged in various skirmishes with parties of the British and Tories . This deponent further says that he and four others were with Captain Rutledge at the Moorfields fifteen miles North of Wilmington in the State of North Carolina when he was pursued by a party of the British , that while retreating Captain Rutledge's horse fell through a pole bridge and killed himself and so badly hurt Capt Rutledge that he was captured and killed by the enemy.

That after the death of Capt Rutledge he fell under the Command of Capt Merritt, who succeeded Capt Rutledge - And this deponent says that in all he was in the service of the United States for three years and four months - And this deponent says that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any State -
Interrogatories propounded by the Court to the deponent.
Q Where and in what year were you born? A. I was born in the year 1761 in the State of North Carolina County of Duplin
2. Have you any record of your age and if so where is it? A. I have a record of my age and it is in the State of Mississippi.
Q. Where were you living when called into service. A. I was living in the County of Duplin in the State of North Carolina.
Q. Where have you lived since the revolutionary war and where do you now live? A. Since the Revolutionary war I have lived in Mississippi and in Louisiana and now live in the Territory of Florida.
Q. Can you state the names of any of the regular officers who were with the troops when you served, such Continental and Militia regiments as you recollect, and the general circumstances of your service? A. General Green and General Morgan were known to us at that time as regular officers. I was at times with the tenth Regiment of North Carolina Militia. I do not remember any other. I. Did

State of Mississippi
Jackson County } Personally appeared before me
the undersigned a justice of the Peace of the aforesaid State and County and first District William Goff sen; who being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below and in the following services for five months as a private in the year 1774 in the same year - for six months as a Lieut Cavalry - and in the year 1779 three - three months tours - Lieut Cavalry and in the year 1780 for two three months tours, Lieut Cavalry and in the same year four months tour as Lieut Ordered out by General Finan to drive beef for the army and that he served the above named tours under the officers named in the Declaration in the service of the united states and the deponent further says that his commission signed by Gen Finan was burnt in a house, and that he cannot make the satisfactory proof required by any living witness that he has any knowledge of but has here set forth the best proof in his power for which he claims a pension according to the merits of his case
Reference 6-
William his Goff sen
Sworn to and subscribed before me this sixth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty four
Charles G. Booz J. P. G.

I Samuel Davis clerk of the Probate Court of Jackson County and State of Mississippi do hereby certify that Charles G. Box whose name is subscribed to the within is commissioned and sworn and was at the time of taking and administering the within oath or deposition A legal acting Justice of the Peace in the aforesaid County
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hands and affixed my seal of office this sixth day of September A.D. one thousand eight hundred and forty four
Samuel Davis Clerk Sept 6
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34,328
William Goff Florida
Wm. C. Downing P.R.

Mr. Sipe Goodman - a Claggymen residing in the County aforesaid and William H. Mathers residing in said County do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Goff who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy six years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion. To the Mathers further states, that he has only known Mr. Goff for two years, but in other respects concurs in the above statement. Sipe Goodman
Sworn to & subscribed before me in open Court 29 Nov 1837. H. D. D. C. L. K.
W. H. Mathers
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department, that the above named applicant was a soldier of the Revolutionary war, and found as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them, that Sipe Goodman who has signed the preceding Certificate as a Claggymen is a Claggymen resident in said County and is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to credit. The Court also bears witness to the entire credibility of W. H. Mathers.
Thomas Randall Judge

Certificate of Secy of State N.C. 
Filed by Burchett & Romney Atty. Washington D.C.
27 th April 1855 

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA,
OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE.
I, WILLIAM HILL, Secretary of State, in and for the State of North Carolina, do hereby certify, that it appears from the muster-rolls of the Continental line of this State, in the Revolutionary War, that William Gough a Corporal in Capt. Hogg Company of the first Regiment, entered the service on the 11 th day of November 1779 , for the term of three years , that he was a private in September 1777 , omit. d Feb. 1779 mustered November 1779 . A Warrant for 1000 acres of land was issued for his services 1 st August 1787, which he assigned to Isaac Taylor in Pitt Co. Given under my hand this 14 th day of March 1855.
W. Hill Secretary of State

William Goff Florence
Suspended
See letter 15 th
Janus 1838 to
Wm. C. Downing.
Burchett & Downing 22 d Jan. 1855.
" " May 2 1855
4090
act 17 th June 1832
copy sent to Burchett & Downing Jan. 18. /55.

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
1089. am
P. O.
Wm Goff
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
REJECTED
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contr.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
4090.
P. O.
Wm Goff
Service: Completed July 3 1882 with same soldier ref to files 4089
Enlisted: _____
In Prior 18
Discharged: _____
REJECTED
Application filed: _____
REJECTED
Alleges: _____

Raleigh 15 th March 1855.
Messrs. Birkett & Downing
Gentlemen
Herewith send you a certificate giving all the information of the service of W m Gough that my Office affords. You will see the name is differently spelt on the Rolls here, from what it is in his declaration, but I have no doubt it is the same man; his warrant was assigned away in Pitt County which joins Duplin. You will please send me one Dollar for this service.
Yours respectfully
W. Hill

Washington, April 27. 1855.
Hon. L. P. Waldo, Comr. of Pensions, Sir,
The writer had the honor on yesterday of submitting to your perusal, the enclosed certificate & letter of the Secy. of State of N. C., & after a statement of its present position, asking a reconsideration of the case of William Goff, of Florida, an applicant for a pension under the act of 7 th June 1832.
We accordingly file said papers, & respectfully request that said case may be reconsidered by you —
We have the honor to remain,
Very respectfully,
Your ob dt Serv ts ,
Beckett & Dorrance

Washington Jany 17. 1855
Hon. L. P. Waldo Com te of Pensions.
Sir,
We have respectfully to request a reexamination of the claim of William Goff, of Florida, an applicant for a pension under the act of June 7 th 1832. The claim was suspended by letter addressed to Hon C Downing H.R. on the 15 th Jany 1838.
We will be much obliged to you to have it considered at your earliest convenience.
We have the honor to remain
Very respectfully
Your Ob st Serv ts ,
Birchett V Downing

Washington, Dec. 18. 1854
Hon. L. G. Waldo, Com d Pensions,
Sir,
We respectfully request that you will cause us to be furnished with certified copies of the papers on file in your office relative to the claim of William Goff, of Florida, for a pension under the act of June 7. 1832 - suspended for the purpose of enabling us to present said claim to Congress.
Very respectfully Yr. obt. Servts. Pritchett & Downing.